Farmers markets are growing their role as essential sources of healthy food for rich and poor
For many Americans, buying fresh local food at one of the estimated 9,000 farmers markets...
Spinach: good for popeye and the planet
“Eat your spinach,” is a common refrain from many people’s childhoods. Spinach, the hearty, green...
Researchers report evidence for two main domestication paths for bread yeast
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in France has...
Vegan Restaurants Added to The Vegetarian Resource Group’s Guide to Veggie Restaurants in the USA and Canada
Nachos with pineapple, seitan, buffalo sauce, & ranch from Tucos Tacos Lounge The Vegetarian Resource...
Pathways to sustainable land use and food systems
The findings of a new report by the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE)...
Dilip Barman: Vegan Activist
By Lucia Rivera, VRG Intern Vegan advocacy comes in many forms for Dilip Barman, a...
Returning the ‘three sisters’ – corn, beans and squash – to Native American farms nourishes people, land and cultures
Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag peoples...
Fighting food fraud from farm to fork with a mobile ingredient tracing system
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Savvy shoppers increasingly expect to know the origin of the food...
Silk Road contains genomic resources for improving apples
Examples of different colors, sizes and shapes of apples, a reflection of the diversity of...
Nobel Peace Prize spotlights the links between hunger and conflict
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Program...